The Broader Strategy Behind Trump’s Removal of Venezuela’s Maduro

Trump led the most consequential action so far to restore US dominance in the Western Hemisphere and drive out the CCP. Add to My List Save Illustrations by The Epoch Times By John Haughey | January 07, 2026Updated:January 07, 2026 With former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro awaiting trial in federal custody in New York City

US Pauses Foreign Aid to Somali Government Amid Fraud Allegations

A mother in Somalia waits to have her child vaccinated against hepatitis B in a file image. Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Images The United States suspended all assistance programs for the Somali federal government Wednesday after reports surfaced alleging Somali officials had destroyed a U.S.-funded World Food Programme warehouse and seized 76 metric tons

House Advances Bill to Extend Obamacare Enhanced Subsidies

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks to press after a meeting with other Congressional leaders and cabinet members about Venezuela at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Jan. 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The House of Representatives will vote on the adoption of a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies after

RFK Jr. on freezing funding to Democrat-led states: “We gave them a warning”

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he froze $10 billion in federal funding to five Democrat-led states because they wouldn’t show the Trump administration plans for eliminating fraud.  “The best way to help poor families is to end the fraud,” he told CBS News in an interview Wednesay, saying that the

RFK Jr. on Kennedy Center name change: “I have bigger fish to fry”

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. weighed in Wednesday on the decision to rename the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center, distancing himself from the move after several members of his own family publicly criticized it. In an interview with CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes, Kennedy acknowledged he understood relatives

RFK Jr. says it may be “better” if fewer children receive the flu vaccine

Washington — It may be a “better thing” if fewer children receive the flu vaccine, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told CBS News, after the Trump administration announced sweeping changes to childhood vaccine recommendations.  This week, the Centers for Disease Control announced vaccines to fight respiratory syncytial virus, meningococcal disease, flu, and COVID